File #: Int 2362-2021    Version: * Name: Authorizing special rigger licensees to install accessory signs.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 7/29/2021
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing special rigger licensees to install accessory signs
Sponsors: Robert F. Holden, Kalman Yeger
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would authorize licensed special riggers to install accessory signs outside of businesses in the City. Expanding the number of workers available to legally install accessory signs to include licensed special riggers would help business owners seeking to install such signs avoid additional costs and delays.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 2362, 2. Int. No. 2362, 3. July 29, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-29-21, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 29, 2021

Int. No. 2362

 

By Council Members Holden and Yeger

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing special rigger licensees to install accessory signs

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 28-404.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 141 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:

§ 28-404.2 Classification. Rigger licenses shall be classified as follows:

1. Master rigger license. Authorizes the holder thereof to install or use a suspended scaffold, or to hoist or lower any article with a hoisting machine, irrespective of weight, on the outside of any building.

2. Special rigger license. Authorizes the holder thereof to:

2.1. Install or use a suspended scaffold; and

2.2. Hoist or lower any article not exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kg) in weight on the outside of any building with a hoisting machine, provided the manufacturer rated capacity of such hoisting machine does not exceed 2,000 pounds (907 kg).

2.3 Hoist, lower, hang or attach a sign that is accessory to a use on the same zoning lot as defined in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution, that does not exceed 150 square feet in area, measured on one face only, or exceed 1,200 pounds (544 kg) in weight.

3. Climber or tower crane rigger license. Authorizes the holder thereof to assemble, jump or disassemble a tower crane or a climber crane, or to supervise such work, and to install or use a derrick(s) in conjunction with such work and supervise such installation or use of the derrick.

 

§ 2. Section 28-415.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 141 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:

§28-415.1 Sign hanger license required. It shall be unlawful to hoist or lower or to hang or attach any sign upon or on the outside of any building or structure in the city unless such work is performed by or under the direct and continuing supervision of a person licensed as a sign hanger under the provisions of this article.

Exception: A sign that is accessory to a use on the same zoning lot, as defined in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution that does not exceed 150 square feet in area, measured on one face only, or exceed 1,200 pounds (544 kg) in weight may be hoisted, lowered, hung or attached upon or on the outside of any building by a special rigger licensed in accordance with article 404 of this chapter.

 

§ 3. This local law takes effect on January 1, 2022.

 

 

 

 

 

JB

LS #17195

7/2/21